Pyrotechnical toy.



A. JEDEL.

PYROTEGHNIGAL TOY.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 22, 1914..

1,1 10,205. Patented. Sept. 8, 1914.

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PYROTEGHNIGAL TOY.

APPLIGATION FILED MAY 22, 1914.

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EXPLOSIVE DEVICES AARON JEDEL, on NEW YORK, n. Y.

PYROTECI-INICAL TOY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 22, 1914.

Patented Sept. 8, 1914.

Serial No. 840,344.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AARON J EDEL, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,have invented new and useful Improvements in Pyrotechnical Toys, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The invention relates to pyrotechnics, and has for an object to providea pyrotechnical device of a simple construction, which can be cheaplymanufactured and which can be safely and easily manipulated to producesparkling pyrotechnical effects of variegated colors and designs.

The invention contemplates, among other features, the provision of asimple pyrotechnical toy which is preferably adapted to be manuallymanipulated to produce pyrotechnical effects in the nature of doublepinwheels and the like. The device further contemplates a toy which isin the nature of what is known in the pyrotechnical art as a sparklerand which, in this particular instance, is commercially known as anairiowheel, in that it produces a pyrotechnical effect in which thesparkling designs will be in the nature of double pinwheels, and thesparkle effect can be either of a star shape or chrysanthemum emanation,or wherein the effect produced will simulate two fiery rotating bodieswhich can be relatively spaced as to the circles of light orpyrotechnics which are produced.

The invention still further embodies various improvements over patentsgranted to me May 26, 1908, No. 888,810 and No. 1,067,520, of July 15,1913.

In the further disclosure of the invention reference is to be had to theaccompanying drawings, constituting a part of this specification, inwhich similar characters of reference denote corresponding parts in allthe views, and in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the pyrotechnical toy; Fig. 2 is asectional view taken through the rod having the pyrotechnical compoundthereon; Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view taken through the rod andhandle or holder; Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a modified form ofhandle or holder, showing the same applied; Fig. 5 is a sectional Viewtaken through the structure shown in Fig. 4; Fig. 6 is a perspectiveview of another modified form of holder or handle, showing oneapplication of the same to the part of the toy having the pyrotechnicalcompound thereon; and Fig. 7 is a perspective view showing anotherapplication of the handle or holder shown in Fig. 6. Fig. 8 is aperspective view of still another modified form of pyrotechnical toy;and Fig. 9 is a perspective view of still another modified form ofpyrotechnical toy.

Referring more particularly to the views, I provide a straight rod 10preferably made of a stout piece of wire and which at its ends 11 and 12is covered or has suitably applied thereto a pyrotechnical compound ormixture, thus providing a long arm 13 and a short arm 14, with anintermediate portion 15 of the rod 10, lying between the arms 13 and 14,being free and uncovered. The pyrotechnical compound or mixture whichforms the long and short arms 13 and 14 is such that when it is ignitedto produce the pyrotechnical effect, upon being consumed, leaves an ashor residue upon the rod, the purpose of which will be hereinafter morefully disclosed.

A handle or holder 16 is provided for use in connection with the rod 10and consists of a single piece of wire 17 preferably having a straighthandle portion 18 and having one end thereof bent to form a hook 19which terminates in an offset portion 20 projecting away from the handleportion 18 and which forms the mouth or the bight of the hook so thatthe uncovered or medial portion of the rod 10 can be arranged in thebight of the hook and will be held in frictional contact with the bentportion of the wire forming the hook and the handle portion thereof, asshown in the views. It will be apparent that the handle can be appliedto the free medial portion of the rod at any desired place and that uponholding the handle in the hand and imparting a rotating effect thereto,the rod 10 having the pyrotechnical compound or mixture thereon will becorrespondingly rotated or whirled so that when the two ends of the arms13 and 14 are ignited and the rod is then whirled around, as mentioned,the effect produced will simulate that of a double pinwheel or similarpyrotechnical device. It will be understood that the compound or mixturewhich is used can be impregnated with coloring matter or can be such asto produce a star shaped or other sparkle as mentioned heretofore, andit will be readily seen that by applying the handle to different partsof the straight free portion of the rod 10 the relative distance betweenthe sparkles of light or pyrotechnical effects produced when thewhirling action is ap plied to the device, can be varied so that theeffect of a double pinwheel or airiowheel can be made larger or smallerwith respect to the two sparkles of light or pyrotechnical effects thatare produced. Thus when the handle is arranged near the short arm l tand the device is subjected to a rotating or whirling action the longarm being the greatest distance from the handle will produce the outercircle of light, whereas the short arm, being close to the handle, willproduce a small inner circle of light, and it will be clear that thesecircles of light can be relatively changed as to their relative distanceby simply applying the handle at different places along the straightfreeportion of the rod.

In Figs. 4: and 5 I show a modified form of my device, and in which thehandle, indicated by the numeral 16, is of a slightly differentconstruction. The handle in this instance is made of wire the same asthe handle 16 and includes a straight portion 18 having one end bent toform a hook 19 which is provided with an offset portion 20. The bight ofthe hook, however, in this instance, is made larger than the diameter ofthe rod 10 so that when the handle is applied to the uncovered medialportion of the rod, the handle can slide along the un covered portion ofthe rod, and it will be apparent that when the rod is subjected to awhirling action by rotating the handle, the said handle will slidetoward the inner end of the short arm 14 so that the resultant effectwill be a small circle of light or pyrotechnical effect produced whenthe short arm is ignited and a larger outer circle of light orpyrotechnical effect when the larger arm is ignited. The short arm orportion of the compound will tend to burn up quicker than the longerportion thereof, but this Will not result in the disengagement of thehandle with the rod for the reason that the ash or residue of theconsumed mixture will stick to the rod and inasmuch as the handle abutsagainst the same the said residue will form a stop member to limit thesliding movement of the handle in the same manner that it limits thesliding movement of the handle on the rod before igniting the mixture,the diameter of the compound covering the rod being greater than thebight of the hook, whereas the diameter of the bight of the hook isgreater than the diameter of the rod itself so as to permit the handleto slide backwardly and forwardly upon the uncovered portion of the rod.

In Figs. 6 and 7 I disclose still another modified form of my device andin which there is provided a handle l6 preferably made of a single pieceof wire to provide a straight handle portion 18 and a hook 19 having itsfree end terminating in an offset portion 20", the said hook 19 in thisin-- stance, however, being of a double forma tion to provide two bights19 and 19, one of which I will term the inner bight of the hook and theother the outer bight thereof. It will now be apparent that the rod 10or, more particularly, the uncovered portion of the rod can be receivedand slidably held in the inner bight 19, or, if desirable, can beengaged with the hook to lie in the outer bight 19, and it will be clearthat the handle 18 can be applied to any part of the uncovered rod 10 ator near the inner ends of either of the short or long arms or atsubstantially the medial portion of the uncovered part of the rod. Inthe use of the preferred form of the handle as well as the modifiedforms shown herein it will be apparent that the ultimate object is toprovide a simple and effective device wherein the design orpyrotechnical effect which will be produced when the device is operatedas mentioned can be changed to conform to the will of the user oroperator and that the resulting circles of light or, pinwheels whichwill be produced upon igniting the compound or mixture and subjectingthe rod to a pinwheel action, can be spaced greater or less distancesapart at the will of the operator and their relative distances orrotation will be dependent upon the particular point of engagement ofthe handle with the uncovered portion of the rod.

It will be clearly seen by referring to Figs. 6 and 7 that whereas theinner bight of the hook permits of the rod sliding upon the handle, theouter bight is of less width so that the hook will frictionally contactwith the rod when the same is placed therein. Thus it will be apparentthat the modified form disclosed in Figs. 6 and 7 is a combination ofthe preferred form in which the handle has frictional contact with therod and the modified form shown in Figs. 4 and 5, in which the handle isin sliding engagement with the rod.

In the structure shown in Fig. 8 I provide a handle or holder 30 for anumber of pyrotechnical members 31 similar in c011- struction to thepyrotechnical members EXPLOSIVE DEVICES formed by the rod 10 having itsends 11 and 13 coated with a pyrotechnical compound or mixture and whichis clearly shown in Fig. l and the various modifications of thestructures described heretofore, said pyrotechnical members 31 eachhaving only one of the ends 32 thereof coated with the pyrotechnicalcompound or mixture so that the other end of each member can be readilypassed through the suitable eyes 33 formed with the holder 30 by bendingportions of the holder into loops, said holder being made of a singlepiece of wire. WVith a holder of the construction mentioned it will beapparent that a number of pyrotechnical members can be carried on theholder at one time, thus producing an artistic effect when the compoundor mixture on the rods of the pyrotechnical members are ignited androtation is imparted to the holder. Now it will be clearly apparent thatthe engagement of the free end or uncovered ends of the pyrotechnicalmembers with the holder is a frictional contact therewith and that inthe rotation of the holder the stem 34 of the holder is rotated in thehand as is the case with the holders in the other forms describedherein. It will be apparent that the members 31 can be adjusted on theholder so that one of the members extending transversely to the stem ofthe holder will be longer than the other, thus permitting of readilyobtaining the desired rotation of the holder when the hand is rotated.

In Fig. 9 I disclose still another modified form of pyrotechnical toyand in which the holder is indicated by the numeral 40 and carries aseries of the pyrotechnical members 41, the holder in this instanceincluding a stem 42 and a rectangular frame 43 formed with the stem,said holder being entirely made of Wire, with the pyrotechnical memberssimilar to the pyrotechnical members 31 and in frictional engagementwith the frame so that they can be adjusted thereon as will be readilyseen. The pyrotechnical members projecting from one side of the frame,thus being offset from the stem of the holder will permit of rotatingthe stem of the holder in the hand to acquire the desired rotation ofthe pyrotechnical members and which, when ignited, will produce thedesired artistic pyrotechnical effect.

It should be noted that in all of the forms described and set forthherein there must be a rotation of the stem of the holder relative tothe hand when a whirling or turning movement is imparted to the hand inorder to produce the rotation of the pyrotechnical member and accomplishthe effect. In my Patent No. 1,067,520 of July 5, 1913 mentionedheretofore, the stem of the holder was not subjected to rotation in themanner in which the stem of the holders of the devices herein arerotated and the stem remained rigid with respect to the hand and waswhirled therewith, thus resulting in the rotation of the pyrotechnicalmembers. In the present instance the holder must be rotated with respectto the hand inorder to pro duce the rotation of the pyrotechnicalmembers and which are in frictional contact with the holder andincapable of rotation with respect to the holder if the holder is heldstationary.

Although I am aware that various forms of pyrotechnical devices, otherthan those which I have patented as stated heretofore, have been usedand which produce circular or pinwheel effects, I aim to provide adevice which can be cheaply manufactured in that the parts composing thedevice are formed of wire which can be readily bent into the desiredshape with one of the wire parts carrying the compound or mixturewhereby the pyrotechnical effect is produced. Further, that anadjustment of the part carrying the compound or mixture thereon can bereadily accomplished with respect to the holder and that the engagementof the part having the pyrotechnical mixture thereon is one offrictional contact with the holder, whereby when the holder is rotated apyrotechnical pinwheel simulation will re sult in which thepyrotechnical emanations can be relatively varied and can be ofvariegated colors. It will be seen that the device is so arranged andconstructed that it can be safely and easily manipulated, the rotatingeffect being produced by the operator who, either with the fingers orthe hand, imparts a rotating or whirling movement to the rod or holderas stated heretofore.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. As a new article of manufacture, a pyrotechnical toy comprising a rodhaving portions thereof coated and an uncoated portion, and a handle forconnection with the uncoated portion of the rod and adjustable thereonwhereby the distances between one end of the rod and the handle and theother end of the rod and the handle can be varied.

2. In a pyrotechnical toy, the combination with a rod having its endscoated with a pyrotechnical compound and its intermediate portion freefrom the compound, of a handle comprising a straight handle portion anda hook formed by bending one end of the straight handle portion uponitself, said hook being adapted for adjustable engagement with theuncoated portion of the rod whereby the distances between the ends ofthe rod and the handle can be varied.

3. In a pyrotechnical toy, the combination with a rod having coated anduncoated pertions, of a compound handle for connection with the uncoatedportion of the rod and whereby the handle can be held in frictionalengagement With the rod or in sliding engagement therewith.

4:. In a pyrotechnioal toy, a rod having coated and uncoated portions,and a handle for connection with the uncoated portion of Copies of thispatent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing theCommissioner of Patents,

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